New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-04
DUTIES or CHRISTIAN CITIZENS.
HOW TO PRESERVE NATIONAL GREATNESS.
SERMON BY THE REV. b. x. DIcKHAUr IN DE
WITT MEMORIAL CHAPEL


A SERMON BY THE REV. B. 4. pIcKHAur IN DE
WITT MEMORIAL CHAPEL
In accordance with the suggestion OF a. Randall
Waite president of the American Institute OF Cycs,
that on July the ministers OF the city treat OF the
duties Of Christian citizens some kindred subject the
Rev. Benjamin Dickhaut the newly ordained minister
ut De Witt Chapel selected "a his text the words:
stand fast therefore In the liberty wherewth Christ hath
made us free" Tho preacher spoke Of the desire for
freedom as being Unborn in the nature OF every man.
traced the growth the idea the days Of tyranny
TO those Of civil liberty the hand aud on the other
from the dark times of Ignorance and religious supers
ton Immediately preceding the Reformation to the pres
emit age OF enlightenment and individual freedom Next
he wdened the the text from their original In
divdua character and gave them national applcauon'
and then asked chow Nation, or as persons COM
posing the Nation best preserve the purity OF our
National lbertyi" He answered the question thus
First by preserving those institutions which are char
tic ny asre e. ou
among these institutions We have the three
the judiciary each Of which a check and protection to
tho other; system of representative ID
upon the central authority, and where no olgarchy
OF landlords or monoposs put wnere escn man ~
the Nations affairs These Institutions from their very
liberal nature demand our support and protection We
such sociallsc faDaca ideas as that II certain land
theories s. be PSt into a
have. always with YOU" and the SAYING saying. will
either Henry George or Dr. MsGlynn, OF both put
together. These schemes are not anything new tney
were brought country and here. under the slim
illus civil and religious liberty their advocates hope 70
ton as encroachments upon National liberty; and
strive. by every legitimate means at our disposal 10
the very foundation Of our National existence; .
c sass
tiously Many votes intelligently but not under
the guidance OF enlightened conscience whs manS n.y.,
conscientious has not sufficient knowede to vote
inteigently Some men are so absorbed In the dollars
and cents nySea IN tree Sv n mann ne sound BY
party ties principles lie calls them political supersHu
aud were you to ask for q summary of the socalled
principles which he stands he would probably evade
The relation OF capital and labor or on proper adjust
laborunion difficulties, or on tho Ideal reia
sac as boos TO haul down 10
generations National character free from the stains OF
moral and political corruption 49,
preserve our Nations liberty Is 10 take positive stand
against the social evils OF our times We live In time
when people do not and viii not danx s 1e
tons when the ethical relations between man anu au
s sRS man nns MS w sd o their
parents ami guardians when sons ana daughters TO,
We're there ever so many Who 6aotuay INDUCED in the
intoxicating cupl Men and women, young men ana
mdens whose youth and should marx the period
OF purity these have by induging In the
poison the sale OF which by present system OF
license sanction. become tho object OF shame and re-
proach In the world refer to the liquor trafc that
heinous system OF immortality By which not only the
physical frame Is weakened and the body besmrched
with filth IL far worsethe reason Is detnroned
conscience deadened and the soul often drawn 10 per
di ton. . -
Again. there Is society In our land. though its head
quarters many miles away where disciples may 20
found almost every State IN the Union an insuuon
which enIre that most sacred OF all eartny
relations the marriage relstlon-l mean Mormonsm
lasting disgrace Is for Christian land 10 tolerate so
long MS has this iniquity within Its bounds
and worse still think that now. when the question IL
ng agitaed should found who Will 80 Tar de-
base themselves TO stand up and attempt TO DEFEND
this immense scheme OF crime against humanity, the
state and religion. so long sucn social political and
moral evils exist among let us not fold our hands In
ouiet take honors to ourselves aud think that the
try Ia entirely free We may DO fres from enemies from
without, but not from those within NOT
let us deem these problems beneath the notice
OF the Christian. For II our Christianity Is worm any
thing Ii Is To help live right as well as die right
you. who fathers. early instiil Into the minds
and hearts your the sense or JUSTICE TRUTH up
ghtness. integrity and morality. Impress upon them
the OF the ballot which they To use. not
rterance Of party but which they are 10 exer
before God Ia tho light OF conscience and Christianity
the promotion Of the right And you mothers, do not
adorn your daughters much with the ornaments OIL
pride and fashion which often are followed by dsas
falsr garments Of virtue chastity, purity and modesty
the only decoration being the grace which flows from
true Christian bearing then will they be ornaments IN
deed the community and society need not rear put
her will be upright and faithful Christian citi